Meeting of St. Louis, King of France, with Pope Innocent IV – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Holy Saint with lobster clasp closure

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Meeting of St. Louis, King of France, with Pope Innocent IV – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Holy Saint with lobster clasp closureFirst, it was just the beauty of this painting and the colors of it that held our eye. That blue robe! The pomp of Saint Louis meeting the Pope! But then came the history. Why was such an important meeting held in a crowded place like that? Because it was the year 1248, and Pope Innocent IV was in exile in Lyons, France. He had been chased out of Rome by the emperor Frederick II. It was a tumultuous time. That's what the war ax in the forefront of the